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land on the N., bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus projects. Achaea is bounded on the W. by the territory of See also:

Elis, on the E. by that of See also:

SICYON, or SECYON (the latter being the older form used by the natives)

Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it. The origin of the name has given rise to much See also:

SPECULATION

speculation; the current theory is that the See also:

ACHAEANS ('AXaioi, Lat. Achivi)

Achaeans (q.v.) were driven back into this region by the Dorian invaders of the Peloponnese, Another Achaea, in the See also:

south of See also:

THESSALY

Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been supposed to be the See also:

CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle of the See also:

RACE

race. In See also:

ROMAN

Roman times the name of the See also:

province of Achaea was given to the whole of See also:

GREECE

Greece, except Thessaly, See also:

EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, and See also:

ACARNANIA

Acarnania. See also:

HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (i. 145) mentions the twelve cities of Achaea ; these mot as a religious confederacy in the oxy- See also:

ACETYLENE

acetylene See also:

BLOWPIPE

blowpipe. See also:

temple of See also:

POSEIDON

Poseidon Heliconius at Helice; for their later See also:

HISTORY

history see ACHAEAN See also:

LEAGUE

LEAGUE. During the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages, after the Latin See also:

CONQUEST

conquest of the Eastern See also:

EMPIRE

Empire, Achaea was a Latin principality, the first See also:

prince being See also:

William de Champlitte (d. 1209). It survived, with various dismemberments, until 1430, when the last prince, Centurione Zaccaria, ceded the remnant of it to his son-in-See also:

law, See also:

THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus II., See also:

DESPOT (Gr. Sc-va6rgs, lord or master; the origin of the first part of the Gr. word is unknown, the second part is cognate with rbvcs, husband, Lat. potens, powerful)

despot of Mistra. In 1460 it was conquered, with the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Morea, by the See also:

TURKS

Turks. In See also:

MODERN

modern times the coast of Achaea is mainly given up to the See also:

CURRANT

currant See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; the currants are shipped from See also:

PATRAS (Gr. Patrai)

Patras, the second See also:

TOWN

town of Greece, and from Aegion (Vostitza).

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